Carolina C. Cordeiro

Carolina C. Cordeiro

Investor, Advisor, Board Member and M&A Specialist.

Carolina Cordeiro working at a desk

After 23 years as a Managing Director in one of the most prestigious management consulting firms globally, I started to focus on my own ventures and partnerships.

I believe in clear vision and excellence in execution, while building collaborative and exceptional teams that don’t just make an impact, they deliver. My unique perspective allows me to make strategy accessible regardless of team or business size.

After six months operating on my own, I already established six new businesses, acquisitions and partnerships across Australia and internationally. My portfolio includes agriculture, mining, food, education, engineering and property, partnering with companies that reach up to 50 years of experience in their respective industries. There is no magic, these are all results of more than two decades of experience, credibility in the market, great partnerships and outstanding methodology for decision making.

I am always on the lookout for good opportunities to invest in, partnerships and collaborations, setting up new businesses or scaling up existing ones, in the same market or internationally.

Ventures

The businesses I have built, invested in, and sit on the boards of.

They span multiple industries and geographies, from food retail to mining technology, Australia to Brazil.

Mochi Donuts

Investor · advisor · board member of a subset of the stores

Mochi-style donut retail, six stores across New South Wales and Victoria.

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B&C Ventures

Co-founder · partner

The venture vehicle, co-founded with Bernardo Arbex Campolina. Connects Australian and Brazilian markets in both directions.

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ECORA Solutions

Founder · board member · investor

Mining technology. Automated application systems and a nanotechnology release agent that solves material carryback in haul trucks.

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Go Clean Brasil

Founder · board member · advisor

Automated helmet cleaning and sanitisation through self-service machines. Based in Brazil; the site is in Portuguese.

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The Bullseye

Founder · board member · investor · advisor

Agricultural technology. AI-powered livestock weighing from camera footage, proven across South America before reaching Australia.

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The record

I am driven by a singular mission: to create and transform profitable and sustainable businesses with meaningful purpose and amazing teams.

I believe in the pillars of clear vision and excellence in execution, while building collaborative and exceptional teams and delivering tangible outcomes. Being accountable for leading multi-billion-dollar transformations and building companies that have gone from ideation to scale in less than a year, with teams of over 4,000 people in multiple countries, allowed me to learn what makes a difference for businesses and teams to succeed.

My unique perspective, shaped by working across diverse industries and global markets, allows me to make strategy accessible to any business, large or small. Every day I leverage this experience on boards and with partnerships to create outstanding and lasting outcomes.

  • 100+ Projects delivered
  • 20+ Countries worked in
  • 6 Average months to launch a new business
  • 2001 Working in strategy and transformation since
  • 10+ M&As delivered
  • 4,000+ People managed across multiple countries

Along the way

Carolina speaking on a women in banking and finance panel Carolina outside the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street Carolina on a street in Japan Carolina seated in a meeting room Carolina on a street in South Korea Carolina with a colleague at a work event Carolina beside a Caltech campus sign

What people say

In her client advisory projects is responsible for designing evolution journeys, roadmaps, pipelines with clients, based on objectives. Her experience in Operations is particularly noteworthy.

Alex Trott Managing Director Banking - Sydney, Australia

She managed complex transformation programs, leading digital transformations and innovative approaches to add more value to client’s business. She managed led 3rd parties interactions and offshore teams, through discovery, solution definition, execution/ implementation and production.

Mauricio Barbosa Financial Service Group Lead - São Paulo, Brazil

She has a proven track record of achieving strategic objectives, including fast growth, cost reduction, and unblocking key enablers. Carolina’s strategic vision and experience in building frameworks for innovative business models and decision-making, while balancing various interests have been critical to her success and that of the programs she led.

Nuno Lopes Alves VISA LAC Regional President - Miami, USA

Carolina’s innate ability to expertly engage stakeholders and provide clear strategic direction on complex programmes whilst leading multidisciplinary teams from the front to consistently deliver superb results has been inspiring.

George Dagas Tech & AI Transformation Lead - Sydney, Australia

I always found her depth of knowledge and experience, her enthusiasm to bring the best thinking and content, and willingness to roll up her sleeves and get stuck in to solving the problem at hand energising and forward looking.

Rachael Hughes Senior Client Partner - Sydney, Australia

I recommend Carolina for all professional qualities she has showed since the first time I knew her at Accenture. Focused, smart and business driven, she has always exceeded her responsibilities.

Lauro Juca Neto Product and Innovation Lead - Recife, Brazil

Carolina always went above and beyond, exceeding client expectations while strategically advising them on their most pressing priorities with her functional and industry expertise. Coupled with her delivery excellence Carolina’s leadership style fostered a highly collaborative and high-performing team environment, creating many opportunities for the team to increase their exposure, take up new responsibilities, and learn.

Samuel McKenzie Strategy & Consulting Manager - Hong Kong

Her leadership across APAC projects brought team alignment in a constantly changing environment. This led to outcomes that often far exceeded the client’s expectations. What I appreciated the most from her leadership was her ability to identify each individual’s strengths and provide them with the opportunity to challenge and showcase their capabilities to reach positive outcomes for the client.

Nicole Tam Operations Specialist APAC - Sydney, Australia

Carolina has a strong experience in project management, banking industry knowledge, solid skills in leadership and team management always with a great attitude.

Mariana Lemos Marketing Director Stellantis Mexico - Mexico City, Mexico

Carol’s strengths are truly remarkable. She combines strategic thinking and creativity with a very well-balanced analytical skills set. She is a strong driver and goal-oriented professional with a deep understanding of the Financial Services industry. Her leadership skills are exceptional, and beyond her professional capabilities, she demonstrates resilience, self-motivation, and high energy.

Celso Cruz Insurance Industry Digital Operations EMEA Lead - Lisbon, Portugal

Get in touch

I am always open to conversations about investment, partnership and board work.

Contact me